25 MAY 1929, Page 14

MUST AMERICA'S BEAUTY PERISH ?

Protests against the unsightly billboards which deface our countryside are increasing. The latest action in this matter has been taken by the Garden Club of America, an influential federation of local organizations representing women in nearly every part of the United States. The club has an active committee which sponsors schemes for the preservation and Cultivation of the amenities of the countryside. At the annual meeting of the club at Philadelphia the other day the members approved of the following pledge which every citizen should be asked to make, " As a practical protest against the abuse of our countryside by advertising, I shall give special favour to products not advertised on the landscape."